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United States Patent | 5,737,710 |
Anthonyson | April 7, 1998 |
An automated vehicle parking system for a plurality of remote parking facilities that communicates with a vehicle approaching or leaving the remote facility with RF signals, or the like, that identifies the vehicle and sends the vehicle identification number, time of day, and lane number to a first computer at the remote facility for calculating the parking cost of a given vehicle based on rates for said given individual vehicle stored in the first computer of each of the plurality of remote parking facilities and having a central computer coupled to each remote facility for providing a single bill to a user of several remote facilities and advising each remote facility first computer of the total fees due for all users of that remote facility during specified periods.
Inventors: | Anthonyson; Robert B. (Sunapee, NH) |
Assignee: | Amtech Corporation (Dallas, TX) |
Appl. No.: | 554849 |
Filed: | November 7, 1995 |
Current U.S. Class: | 701/1; 235/378; 235/384; 340/5.5; 340/5.7; 340/928; 340/932.2; 701/2; 701/117 |
Intern'l Class: | G06F 017/40; G03B 015/02 |
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